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Title: Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878, editor Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Coquina Quarry, Anastasia Island. pnncipal streets were formerly well paved or floored with shell-concrete, portions ofwhich are still to be seen above the shifting sand; and this flooring was so carefullyswept that the dark-eyed maidens of Old Castile, who then led in society here, couldpass and repass without soiling their satin slippers. No rumbling wheels were per-mitted to crush the firm road-bed, or to whirl the dust into the airy verandas, wherein undisturbed repose sat the Spanish dons and dames. There are two convents in St. Augustine, whose nuns are mainly occupied in theeducation of young girls. There are among them a number of nuns brought over fromFrance a few years since, who teach, besides their own language, the art of making lace,
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ilSfcMg A GARDEN IN FLORIDA. ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. 197 and have also introduced the manufacture of hats from the palmetto and from the wire-grass, which is very strong and durable. It must not be supposed, however, that St. Augustine is built wholly of coquina andin the Spanish style. There are many fine residences there in the American style. Aprofusion of tropical plants, and shrubs, and trees, ornament their grounds. Here theorange flourishes, and is abundant and delicious; several fine groves invite the visitorsinspection. The fig, and date, and palm, and banana, are all seen here, as also the limeand lemon, which grow to a great size, and the sweet and the wild olive; the citron, theguava, and the pomegranate, are all indigenous. The grape, and the peach, and thewater-melon, also grow here with great luxuriance. Among our illustrations the reader will find a garden-scene (see page 189), which,eminently characteristic of St. Augustine in many of its features, is specially notice

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